That win gave the Cougars a best two-out-of-three series over the Tigers heading into spring break week. TC will take a few days off from action before heading south to play Mt. San Jacinto in a pair of non-conference games – Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday at noon.

Kevin Little and Brandon Van Stone combined to keep Reedley hitters in check and Travis Tessandori continued his hot hitting as the Cougars improved to 4-8 in the CVC and 7-14-1 overall.

Little, a freshman from Kern Valley, worked the first five innings, giving up two runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking one as he evened his record at 2-2.

Van Stone, a freshman from Las Vegas, got his first save of the season by limiting the Tigers to just one hit. He struck out two and did not walk a batter.

Tessandori once again led the Cougars at the plate by going 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. He’s currently hitting .356.

Luis Trinidad, who is hitting .325, went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs.

Roman Testani also had two hits and an RBI and Shane Sudsbury had a double and RBI.

Leading 3-1 after four, the Cougars broke it open with four runs in the fifth by combining hits from Testani and Tessandori with two walks, two hit batters and a Reedley error.

Heading into spring break, conference standings look like this:

Fresno 10-2 (15-6)

Merced 8-4 (12-9)

West Hills 7-5 (10-11)

Sequoias 8-7 (12-12)

Taft 4-8 (7-14-1)

Reedley 4-8 (7-14)

Porterville 4-11 (8-14)

Softball

TC split a pair of games Sunday with West Valley College in Saratoga.

The Cougars won the first game 9-7 and lost the second 12-6.

Details were unavailable by press time.

West Valley (23-6-1) is ranked No. 6 in the state and No. 3 in northern California.

The Cougars (6-3 CVC, 15-16 overall) are in Merced today for a Central Valley Conference doubleheader against the Merced Blue Devils.